Jesus Christ the difference is absolutely insane. ICO was originally 512x224! Just look at that video!

That's probably why this game never worked with my component cables. The first time I played it everything worked except the disc which had errors but after a long time and I got component cables, just like Disgaea no image would show until I switched cables. For that reason and a few others I ended up not playing it until the end. This will be the perfect opportunity.

ICO runs at native 1080p and with MLAA! It looks even better than high end emulation.As for SOTC, they recomend playing in 720p. The 1080p mode is upscaled from 960x1080 resulting in rectangular pixels. Not sure if that will bother me, I'll have to check it out. People with 3D tvs will be disappointed to know that performance in 3D mode is abysmal though.

ICO runs at native 1080p and with MLAA! It looks even better than high end emulation.

I doubt it. With PCSX2 you can set the native resolution to something like 5760x3240. No way can HD remakes beat that kind of image quality.

In the Eurogamer article they claim that they ran Ico "at an unimaginably high resolution with FXAA applied", but I`m not seeing it from the (awfully compressed)screenshots. Would`ve helped a lot if they provided links to the uncompressed pics in PNG format.

ICO runs at native 1080p and with MLAA! It looks even better than high end emulation.

I doubt it. With PCSX2 you can set the native resolution to something like 5760x3240. No way can HD remakes beat that kind of image quality.

In the Eurogamer article they claim that they ran Ico "at an unimaginably high resolution with FXAA applied", but I`m not seeing it from the (awfully compressed)screenshots. Would`ve helped a lot if they provided links to the uncompressed pics in PNG format.

Resolution isn't everything, they adapted the textures to make them work better with the new image format and res. It's obvious if you look at the ground in these pics. This isn't just an upscale like most HD ports or what you get through emulation.

I don't get why we can't talk about emulation here. Even mainstream sites do it. Gamesradar recently made an article about it and even encouraged people to try it out if they had the required hardware. On gaf the mere mention of piracy gets you banned, yet it's the go-to place for PS2 and wii emulation.

Resolution isn't everything, they adapted the textures to make them work better with the new image format and res. It's obvious if you look at the ground in these pics. This isn't just an upscale like most HD ports or what you get through emulation.

I was talking about the overall image quality and how you can make the game look incredibly sharp on the emulator. But this collection does have better assets, no question about it.

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I don't get why we can't talk about emulation here. Even mainstream sites do it. Gamesradar recently made an article about it and even encouraged people to try it out if they had the required hardware. On gaf the mere mention of piracy gets you banned, yet it's the go-to place for PS2 and wii emulation.

I don`t get it either. As long as the discussion doesn`t involve links to sites with copyrighted material, it should be alright.